Calendar 2000–01

* 5. Computer Laboratory and Data Analysis 6. Multivariate Statistics 7. Clinical Trials Methodology Topics outside the above fields may also be considered. 1. Basic Course in Epidemiology 2. Basic Course in Biostatistics 3. Advanced Course in Epidemiology 4. Selected Topics in Biostatistics 5. Clinical Trials Methodology 6. Protocol Development 7. Selected Topics in Epidemiology 8. Writing of Research Thesis 9. Advanced Biostatistics 10. Research Seminars 11. Data Collection 12. Data Analysis 13. Writing up of Thesis ) () ! " (A) Epidemiology 1. Basic Concepts, Skills and Applications of Epidemiology 2. Design Strategies in Epidemiological Research 3. Concepts, Design and Analysis of Epidemiological Studies (a) Descriptive Studies (b) Case-control Studies (c) Cohort Studies (d) Randomized Controlled Trials (e) Estimation of Risks in Different Types of Studies (f) Principles and Techniques in Analysis of Epidemiological Data 4. Critical Appraisal of Journal Articles of Different Types of Studies 5. Evidence-based Decision Making in Health Care 6. Confounding and Bias and Their Detection and Control 7. Medical Screening and Evaluation of Diagnostic Methods 8. Epidemiology of Infectious and Chronic Diseases 9. Occupational and Enviromental Epidemiology (B) Biostatistics 1. Central Tendency and Dispersion 2. Graphical Presentation of Data 3. Probability Theories 4. Sampling Distributions 5. Estimation of Confidence Intervals 6. Hypothesis Testing and Inference 7. Testing Means and Proportions 8. Chi-square and McNemar Test 9. Sample Size Planning